Mexico’s Carlos Vela celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the group F match between Mexico and South Korea at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Rostov Arena in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

As they say at Santa Anita after a close race, hold all tickets. Or in this case, “Mantena todos los boletos.”Mexico is feeling the ecstasy of having won its first two group matches as it heads into Wednesday’s group finales, but being 2-0 surprisingly does not guarantee El Tri will advance to the round of 16. A win or tie against Sweden (7 a.m., Fox) will do it, but should they lose, and Germany beats South Korea (7 a.m., FS1) as expected, three teams would be sitting with six points, and the decision on which two teams advance would be decided by goal differential. Mexico is plus-two at the moment.

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It took a late extra-time goal by Germany to beat Sweden, otherwise Mexico would be in and Germany would be chin-deep in beer. Making it an extra special day to call in sick, Group E is exciting, with three teams still alive. The Serbia-Brazil game (11 a.m., Fox) has a loser-goes-home feeling since Switzerland should handle Costa Rica (11 a.m., FS1), which hasn’t scored a goal.

Tuesday’s Group D match between Argentina and Nigeria (11 a.m., Fox) is a must win for Messi and friends. Even if they win, an Iceland upset of Croatia would leave three teams tied for second and send the result to goal differential.

Friday is an off day, and the Round of 16 begins Saturday and Sunday for the advancers from Groups A, B, C and D.

BEST OF THE RESTWomen’s PGA ChampionshipKemper Lakes, IllinoisThursday-SundayGolf Channel and NBC

The World Cup has nothing on the PGA women’s tour championship. Based on the early entries, 94 of the 156 players entered will hail from 24 different foreign countries, including 20 from South Korea. Australia (8), England (7), Sweden (6), France (5), Japan (4) and Spain (4) are the others with four or more.Last year’s champ was Danielle Kang, San Francisco born and bred, though her heritage is Korean. She graduated from Westlake High and played at Pepperdine before turning pro. It was the first win for an American since Cristie Kerr won in 2010. Her win was the first by an American since 2000, too.Korea’s Inbee Park (3-time PGA champ), Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn (2017 U.S. Open champ) and China’s Shanshan Feng (2012 PGA champ) are the top contenders, along with Lexi Thompson, who is ranked third in earnings for 2018.

College World SeriesOregon State vs. Arkansas, best-of-three finalsToday-Wednesday, Omaha, NebraskaESPN

Call it a lack of appreciation for collegiate baseball or just a cycle, but college baseball has been tagged as a regional “southern” sport since Miami and LSU started winning titles in the 1980s and ‘90s. To the credit of the SEC and ACC, they used some of that football TV money and put it into baseball and fine new facilities, reinforcing the thought.

But it should be noted that 33 of the last 60 titles were won by West Coast teams, including six of the last 14. Oregon State lost its first game at the College World Series, then won three elimination games to get to the best-of-three against a hot Razorback team. Cal State Fullerton won its fourth title in 2004, OSU won back-to-back titles in 2006-07, Fresno State won in 2008, Arizona won in 2012 and UCLA won in 2013.

Bryce Fehmel (Agoura) is one of OSU’s starting pitchers, and Arkansas’s Dom Fletcher somehow landed in Fayetteville after graduating from Cypress High.